Katie Harnock

Katie Harnock (/ˈhɑːrnɒk/ HAR-nok;^[1] born August 12, 1983) is a Canadian 2.0 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Katie Harnock

Team Canada - No 10 - Katie Harnock
Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 41) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Disability class	2.0
Event	Women's team
College team	University of Alabama
Medal record Wheelchair basketball 2002 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball 2014 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup Women's wheelchair basketball 2007 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2011 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2015 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2010 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Katie Harnock was born in Kitchener, Ontario, on August 12, 1983. She attended St. David Catholic Secondary School. She commenced playing wheelchair basketball in 1993, when she was just 10 years old, after she received a local club's brochure in the mail. She joined her local team in Kitchener when she was 13. In 1998 she was named the Junior Female Athlete of the Year by the Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association. She joined the senior national team in 2006, and made her Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, where Canada came fifth. In 2012, she participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Canada came sixth. She attended the University of Alabama, where she studied English, graduating in 2013.^[2]

Harnock was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014,^[3] and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.^[4]

Paralympic Games ^[2]

Competition	Season	M	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	TOT	AST	PTS
Paralympic Games	2012	7	35-77	46	1-9	11	0-0	0	27	24	73
Paralympic Games	2008	7	14-32	44	1-2	50	0-0	0	12	7	31

Key

FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage	3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage	OR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points	AST: assists

Awards

• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) ^[2]

References

1. "12 to Watch - Katie Harnock Vignette - Wheelchair Basketball Canada". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
2. "Katie Harnock". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
3. "Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women's World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
4. "Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists" (PDF). Toronto 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• Katie Harnock at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Katie Harnock at the International Paralympic Committee